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Roberto Pereyra’s fifth goal of the season rubber-stamped Watford’s high-octane opening, the Argentina midfielder blasting home to cap a neat buildup after Will Hughes’ astute angled ball bisected the Newcastle defense. Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka spared Rafael Benitez’s blushes when denying Andre Gray who had raced clean through. The former Burnley striker quickly atoned for that failed effort however, when Pereyra’s fine hanging cross left him no option but to nod into the empty net....

Or Harry B., as his classmates and teammates on the baseball and football teams at Dartmouth referred to him. Or, "H.B. Productions,'' as former NFL linebacker Reggie Williams called him when they played together at Dartmouth in the 1970s. "All the things you heard about him with his teammates, all the things you heard about him from everyone at that school?'' said Williams, who played 14 years with the Bengals and was on both their Super Bowl teams....

The 27-year-old will spearhead United’s attack against City on Sunday at the Etihad Stadium. The England international confessed that he regards the Liverpool games as the most important of the season. “City have had their success recently, but I would probably say that United and Liverpool is still the biggest game,” Rooney told reporters. “They’re all big games, but obviously United and Liverpool has been a massive game over the years....

According to Eurosport, Rooney along with other senior team members Nemanja Vidic, Nani and Javier Hernandez started for United. Rooney had returned home after just the first day of United’s Thailand tour citing a hamstring injury. What raises even more eyebrows is that the forward has made an ahead-of-schedule return after having been rated ‘doubtful’ for the start of the season. For the record, United went on to beat a young Betis side 3-0....

Tyson has sparked excitement and no little consternation through a succession of social media videos that show him going through explosive pad workouts. During one such clip, the 53-year-old two-time heavyweight champion declared: “I’m back.” Tyson’s old rival Evander Holyfield, himself now 57, has stated he would be prepared to face a man who infamously bit off a chunk of his ear in their 1997 rematch. That would be a third meeting between Tyson and Holyfield, while 48-year-old heavyweight Shannon Briggs claims to have signed to fight his fellow Brooklyn native....

Adams reportedly choose Zac Clark, and the pair are still engaged, Reality Steve revealed on Tuesday morning. “She picks him, as originally reported, and I’m pretty sure they’re engaged and still together. Whew,” he wrote on Twitter hours before the finale. “Go to bed Tayshia’s season. You’re drunk.” This reveal comes after Reality Steve initially reported that Adams would leave the show with Clark, but later end the relationship. More recently, he reported that Adams was pursuing a relationship outside of the show with Brendan Morais, her third runner-up, who left the show on his own Monday night....

Perth, Dec 13 (PTI) The green pitches have ceased to be “alien” for the Indian team, declared captain Virat Kohli, who is hoping that Australia will not take off the grass from the pitch for the second Test, beginning Friday. India took a 1-0 lead in the four-match series with a 31-run win in Adelaide, and will bank on the five pace bowlers to go 2-0 up in the four-match series....

“We played there in 2014…there is a breeze factor that is involved. I guess getting used to conditions will be the key as there will be more sideways movement because of breeze,” Rahane was quoted as saying by TOI. “In the last tour, I played in Wellington but Christchurch, we will be playing a Test match after a long time. Getting used to conditions will be key,” he added....

On Thursday, Ubisoft gave a press release announcing the delay of three upcoming titles: Gods & Monsters, Watch Dogs: Legion, and Rainbow Six Quarantine. Rainbow Six didn’t have a release date yet, but the other two would’ve been released in February and March of 2020 respectively; now, none of them have concrete release dates anymore. RELATED: Ubisoft Stock Drops After Game Delay Announcements In the statement issued just after Ubisoft’s press release, the Watch Dogs: Legion development team cited several key elements of the game that needed more time to be perfected, including the “Play as Anyone” feature which allows players to take control of any and every NPC....

The Ball brothers combined for 31 points for BC Vytautus in their first game, a 90-80 victory over BC Zalgiris, and followed that up with 60 total points Monday against BC Vilniaus Lietuvos. It was a blowout victory featuring several highlight-reel plays, including a LaMelo-to-LiAngelo alley-oop. DEVENEY: How Lakers can solve their LaVar Ball problem To be clear, the Big Baller Brand Challenge is a five-game showcase event with teams full of younger, less talented players than the LKL....

When is the Tyson Fury comeback fight on? The big fight takes place on 9 June at the Manchester Arena. It will be the first time he’s had a fight in the city since 2011. Fury will be in the ring around 10pm and the fight is expected to start by 10:15pm BST. How to watch the Tyson Fury comeback fight on TV The fight will be shown on BT Sport exclusively so you’ll need access to the channel to watch a live stream....

Coach John Beilein celebrated the win by soaking his team with a water gun. MORE: 2017 NCAA Tournament highlights and updates This time of the year brings out the kid in everyone.

The fan ran onto the field at Citizens Bank Ballpark—where the Phillies were hosting Game 5 of the World Series against the Houston Astros—during the top of the sixth inning. He quickly tried to scale the wall in the outfield to escape into the stands, but members of the security crew promptly pulled him down. The fan was soon planted onto the ground by security. Several videos of the incident that have been shared on Twitter have since gone viral....

Sunday’s episode revealed the details surrounding LiAngelo’s exit from the school, following his indefinite suspension for a shoplifting arrest in China. The conversation about removing LiAngelo from UCLA takes place around the 11:30 mark: MORE: Lonzo Ball injury update “How long does it take to tell somebody if they’re going to play or not,” said LaVar. “It’s ridiculous. We came to school to play basketball. One and done anyway.” LaVar’s business partner, Alan Foster, suggested pulling LiAngelo out of UCLA....

While power was restored to an estimated 2 million Texans by Thursday, Chief W. Nim Kidd with the Texas Division of Emergency Management said water “will continue to be a challenge” due to frozen and broken water lines across Texas. The outages are not just affecting the drinking water that flows to residential customers but are also impacting the organizations and businesses that rely on institutional water, he said....

More than 200 such “extra-solar” planets have been discovered, orbiting other stars. The water is actually in the planet’s atmosphere rather than sloshing around on its surface (the astronomers deduced this from how the planet absorbs starlight when it passes in front of its star, in the constellation Vulpecula—“the Fox”—64 light years away; only water vapor would produce the spectrum the Spitzer telescope captured). The planet has the less-than-inspiring name HD 189733b, and although it is far from habitable (it is a giant gas bag, like Saturn, and 30 times closer to its star than Earth is to the sun, which makes it broiling hot: 1,340 degrees F....

The 22-year-old Frenchman, who can play out wide or through the middle, has made 18 top-flight appearances for Milan this season. “I am very happy to come here. The manager and president were very important in my choice,” Niang told the club’s website. (www.watfordfc.com) Niang is Watford manager Walter Mazzarri’s third signing of the January transfer window, following the arrivals of striker Mauro Zarate from Fiorentina and midfielder Tom Cleverley from Everton....

After losing two in a row in August, the Gunners have won six of their past seven games and earned a respectable 0-0 draw at Chelsea. They are now six points back of Manchester City and Manchester United but will not have it easy against Watford, who could overtake them with a win. TV CHANNEL & LIVE STREAM In the UK, the match will be available to watch live on television on BT Sport 1 or by stream via the BT Sport app....

Rooney missed an injury-time penalty awarded to United after Emre Can fouled Daley Blind inside the box during last night’s match between Liverpool and the Red Devils. Mata, by that time, had already scored two goals, including a spectacular scissor kick that ultimately handed United a 2-1 win. Rooney wishes he could have left the penalty for Mata so that the Spaniard had an opportunity to complete his treble....

So let Leach guide you in your pickup football games this weekend, as he did for the Wall Street Journal. Leach diagrammed a play in a three-wide set and even broke down the proper progressions — looking left for your No. 1 option on a hitch-and-go, right for your No. 2 running a corner route to the flag, and No. 3 a slant underneath. MORE: Week 13 picks | One-loss playoff contenders | Week 12 photos...